Established in medieval times as a place to hold prisoners of the King's Bench court, primarily debtors. It was originally sited in Angel Place, off Borough High Street, just north of what is now John Harvard Library. In 1754-8 this was demolished and replaced with a new building erected to the south-west on what was then St George's Fields and is now Scovell housing estate. In 1842 it became the Queen's Prison and took debtors from the Marshalsea and Fleet Prisons. It became the Southwark Convict Prison and then closed.
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King's Bench Prison
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King of Corsica
The weather-worn stone above this plaque is, we guess, the original graveston...
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Borough Compter
Courthouse and prison. The building was part of St Margaret's Church, which was closed during the reformation. It burned down in 1676 and was rebuilt in 1685. The functions moved to a new building ...
1 memorial
Dulwich Village stocks
Sadly, our image does not show the Dulwich stocks, but some in Kent.
1 memorial
Sir Horace Perkins Hamilton, GCB
Horace Perkins Hamilton was born on 20 November 1880 at 34 Hardinge Road, Ashford, Kent, the only child of Horace Hamilton (1845-1917) and Elizabeth Hamilton née Kitching (1847-1911). His birth was...
1 memorial
John Popham
Born Somerset. Speaker of the House of Commons 1580-3, Attorney General, 1581-92, and Lord Chief Justice of England 1592 - 1607. Presided at the trials of Sir Walter Raleigh in 1603 and of Guy Faw...
1 memorial
Sir Edwin Chadwick
Born Lancashire but brought up in London. A friend of Jeremy Bentham, Bentham dying in his arms. Chadwick's major achievement was the 1842 publication of the Poor Law Commissioners' "Report on the ...
1 memorial
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St Marylebone School - William Benett
W1, Marylebone High Street, St Marylebone School
To the glory of God & in memory of William Benett, Esquire, these schools were erected by his daughter, AD 1863.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Jasmine Cochran Patrick
Andrew Behan has researched this woman: She was born Caroline Jasmine Hay on 8 January 1958. In 1980 she married Nigel Aylmer James Harold Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick and on 8 April 1981 their son, Nei...
1 memorial
Charles Dickens - SE1
SE1, Lant Street, Charles Dickens Primary School
In 1824, aged 12, Dickens lodged in Lant Street in a house belonging to the Vestry Clerk of St George's Church - we take this to mean St ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Stanmore war memorial
HA7, Rectory Lane, St John the Evangelist, Stanmore
Prompted by Michael John we investigated this Celtic knot pattern. Any symbolism seems to be a matter of opinion but Gaelic matters says ...
War dead | WW1
58 subjects commemorated
58 subjects commemorated
1 memorial
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